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IADC Lexicon Featured Term for October 2023

The IADC Lexicon is an oil and gas dictionary of upstream-related terms, which, unlike conventional glossaries, are official definitions drawn from legislation, regulation and regulatory guidance, standards (global, national and regional), IADC guidelines, and Well Control Institute. Terms often have multiple definitions from different sources.

This month’s featured term is:

Transient Flow

Unsteady (changing) flow or pressure condition that changes with time. A transient can also refer to a transition between two steady state conditions.

Source: IADC UBO / MPD Glossary, December 2011. Global Standards